![Marc-Andre Leclerc on a successful free ascent of El Capitan's Muir Wall (VI 5.13c 900m) with Brette Harrington and Alan Carney in 2015. [Photo] Bradford McArthur](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/leclerc-remembered-1-930x620.jpg)
Brette Harrington, Luka Lindic, Sonnie Trotter, Bernadette McDonald, Tom Livingstone and others recount the impressive climbing career and profound life of beloved Canadian alpinist Marc-Andre… Read More »Marc-Andre Leclerc Remembered
![Mike Lewis carrying the Blue Ice Warthog 40L pack in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. [Photo] Chris Wood](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/blue-ice-warthog-backpack-1-1-930x620.jpg)
After lugging the Blue Ice Warthog 40L backpack around the mountains for several months, IFMGA/AMGA guide Mike Lewis came to some conclusions: the pack is… Read More »The Blue Ice Warthog 40L Pack: a worthy, alpine-specific workhorse
![Laura and Guy Waterman are pictured here on the Franconia Ridge in New England's Presidential Range during the mid-1980s, when they were very involved with trail work under the Appalachian Mountain Club's adopt-a-trail program. We and some of our trail work friends had recently placed those rocks at the head of Walker Ravine in an attempt to reinforce the drainage and stabilize the trail, she told Alpinist. [Photo] Waterman family collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mountain-steward-1-930x620.jpg)
In this unabridged version of a Climbing Life story from Alpinist 61, Laura Waterman retraces the path and climbs that inspired her to become involved… Read More »On Becoming a Mountain Steward
![Ryan Johnson rigging a rappel on an October 2015 attempt on the north face of the Main Mendenhall Tower. Johnson completed this dream line with Marc-Andre Leclerc, but the pair lost their lives on the descent. [Photo] Clint Helander](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ryan-johnson-1-930x620.jpg)
Clint Helander remembers the life and prolific climbing career of his friend Ryan Johnson, who went missing and is presumed dead along with Marc-Andre Leclerc… Read More »Remembering Ryan Johnson
![Hundreds gather outside the venue for the Royal Robbins Memorial held on March 12 in Modesto, California. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/royal-robbins-memorial-1-930x620.jpg)
Multitudes gathered in Modesto, California, on March 12, to honor the life of Royal Robbins, who died on March 14, 2017, at age 82 after… Read More »Hundreds attend the Royal Robbins memorial to honor a great climber and caring man
![Marc-Andre Leclerc on the summit of Mt. Robson after soloing the Emperor Face in 2016. [Photo] Marc-Andre Leclerc](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xselphie.jpg.pagespeed.ic.UIG3BSu1V9.jpg)
Climbers Ryan Johnson and Marc-Andre Leclerc, missing in the Mendenhall Towers for about a week, are now presumed dead, according to an Alaska State Troopers… Read More »Missing Alpinists Ryan Johnson and Marc-Andre Leclerc Presumed Dead
A summary of current information regarding the search for climbers Ryan Johnson and Marc-Andre Leclerc, overdue from an expedition to the Mendenhall Towers, Alaska
![Lopsang Tshering Sherpa recalls small perks from mountaineering work: I often came back with clothes that no one else had in Kathmandu. He drank so much tea on expeditions that he was called Tea Lopsang. Now, he grows tea in his village, where everyone calls him Chiya Baje (Grandpa Tea). [Photo] Kapil Bisht](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a61-local-hero-1-930x620.jpg)
In this Local Hero story from the latest issue, Alpinist 61, Kapil Bisht interviews Lopsang Tshering Sherpa, who began his storied career as an expedition… Read More »Local Hero: Lopsang Tshering Sherpa
![Wading across the Virgin River in Zion with the Lowa Approach Pro Los in hand. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/lowa-approach-pro-lo-1-1-930x620.jpg)
If Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz had to pick just one type of shoe to wear for the rest of his life, there’s no doubt… Read More »Lowa Approach Pro GTX Lo: A go-everywhere shoe
![David Allfrey, Kieran Brownie and Paul McSorley's route, El Abrazo de la Serpiente (Embrace of the Serpent; V 5.11c R/X 660m), on Cerro Pajarito is shown in red, as seen from Cerro Diablo. [Photo] Paul McSorley](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cerro-pajarito-2-930x620.jpg)
On February 1, Dave Allfrey, Kieran Brownie and Paul McSorley completed a new route up the unclimbed northwest face of Cerro Pajarito in the Cerros… Read More »A sweltering, runout adventure on Colombia’s Cerro Pajarito
![The author on the approach to Washington Column with Half Dome in the background, 2015. [Photo] Alex McKiernan collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a60-tcl-the-prow-1-930x620.jpg)
Alex McKiernan suffered a spinal cord injury from a car crash in 2014 and he has slowly regained some use of his legs since then.… Read More »The Prow
![Art of Freedom: The Life and Climbs of Voytek Kurtyka by Bernadette McDonald. Rocky Mountain Books, 2017. 326 pages. Hardcover, $32. [Image] Courtesy Rocky Mountain Books](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xart-of-freedom-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.wPZbd2bFJw.jpg)
“‘Art of Freedom,’ is a brilliant work of insight, not only into the life of the great alpinist, but also about the questions that compel… Read More »Glimpses of Higher Worlds: Bernadette McDonald’s ‘Art of Freedom’
